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knowledge. The galaxy now bears his name. The galaxy and southern end of Dorado are in the current epoch at opposition on about 5 December when thus visible from sunset to sunrise from equatorial points such as
Ecuador, the Congos, Uganda, Kenya and Indonesia and for part of the night in nearby
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80 clusters and found that the LMC's cluster system has kinematics consistent with the clusters moving in a disk-like distribution. These results were confirmed by
Grocholski et al., who calculated distances to a sample of clusters and showed that the cluster system is distributed in the same plane
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Ripepi, Vincenzo; Chemin, Laurent; Molinaro, Roberto; Cioni, Maria-Rosa L.; Bekki, Kenji; Clementini, Gisella; De Grijs, Richard; De Somma, Giulia; El
Youssoufi, Dalal; Girardi, Léo; Groenewegen, Martin A T.; Ivanov, Valentin; Marconi, Marcella; McMillan, Paul J.; Van Loon, Jacco Th (2022).
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connects the Small
Magellanic Cloud (SMC) with the LMC, which evinces tidal interaction between the galaxies. The Magellanic Clouds have a common envelope of neutral hydrogen, indicating that they have been gravitationally bound for a long time. This bridge of gas is a star-forming site.
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are one of the most popular. These have been shown to have a relationship between their absolute luminosity and the period over which their brightness varies. However the variable of metallicity may also need to be taken as a component of this as consensus is this likely affects their
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in the northeast lie closer to the Milky Way than those in the southwest. From 2001 to 2002 this inclined geometry was confirmed by the same means, by core helium-burning red clump stars, and by the tip of the red giant branch. All three papers find an inclination of
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35°, where a face-on galaxy has an inclination of 0°. Further work on the structure of the LMC using the kinematics of carbon stars showed that the LMC's disk is both thick and flared, likely due to interactions with the SMC. Regarding the distribution of
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Both the Large and Small
Magellanic Clouds have been easily visible for southern nighttime observers well back into prehistory. It has been claimed that the first known written mention of the Large Magellanic Cloud was by the
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Pietrzyński, G; D. Graczyk; W. Gieren; I. B. Thompson; B. Pilecki; A. Udalski; I. Soszyński; et al. (7 March 2013). "An eclipsing-binary distance to the Large
Magellanic Cloud accurate to two per cent".
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The LMC has a wide range of galactic objects and phenomena that make it known as an "astronomical treasure-house, a great celestial laboratory for the study of the growth and evolution of the stars", per
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836:−69°, and it was the Large Magellanic Cloud. This X-ray source extended over about 12° and is consistent with the Cloud. Its emission rate between 1.5–10.5 keV for a distance of 50 kpc is
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The LMC was long considered to be a planar galaxy that could be assumed to lie at a single distance from the Solar System. However, in 1986, Caldwell and
Coulson found that field
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By cross-correlating different measurement methods, one can bound the distance; the residual errors are now less than the estimated size parameters of the LMC.
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Heydari-Malayeri, M.; Meynadier, F.; Charmandaris, V.; Deharveng, L.; Le Bertre, Th.; Rosa, M. R.; Schaerer, D. (2003). "The stellar environment of SMC N81".
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Besla, Gurtina; Martínez-Delgado, David; Marel, Roeland P. van der; Beletsky, Yuri; Seibert, Mark; Schlafly, Edward F.; Grebel, Eva K.; Neyer, Fabian (2016).
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van der Marel, R. P.; Cioni, M.-R. L. (2001). "Magellanic Cloud
Structure from Near-Infrared Surveys. I. The Viewing Angles of the Large Magellanic Cloud".
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Majaess, Daniel J.; Turner, David G.; Lane, David J.; Henden, Arne; Krajci, Tom (2010). "Anchoring the
Universal Distance Scale via a Wesenheit Template".
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Marshall, F. E.; Gotthelf, E. V; Zhang, W.; Middleditch, J.; Wang, Q. D. (1998). "Discovery of an
Ultrafast X-Ray Pulsar in the Supernova Remnant N157B".
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at 17:13 UTC and reached an apogee of 160 km (99 mi), with spin-stabilization at 5.6 rps. The LMC was not detected in the X-ray range 8–80 keV.
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Bonnet-Bidaud, J. M.; Motch, C.; Beuermann, K.; Pakull, M.; Parmar, A. N.; Van Der Klis, M. (Apr 1989). "LMC X-2: an extragalactic bulge-type source".
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Grocholski, A. J.; et al. (2007). "Distances to Populous Clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud via the K-band Luminosity of the Red Clump".
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The results of a study using late-type eclipsing binaries to determine the distance more accurately was published in the scientific journal
2402:; Bono, G.; Groenewegen, M. A. T.; François, P. (2006). "The chemical composition of Cepheids in the Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds".
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Macri, L. M.; et al. (2006). "A New Cepheid Distance to the Maser-Host Galaxy NGC 4258 and Its Implications for the Hubble Constant".
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Nikolaev, S.; et al. (2004). "Geometry of the Large Magellanic Cloud Disk: Results from MACHO and the Two Micron All Sky Survey".
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Another was launched from same atoll at 11:32 UTC on October 29, 1968, to scan the LMC for X-rays. The first discrete X-ray source in
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launched from the same atoll on September 24, 1970, at 12:54 UTC and altitudes above 300 km (190 mi), to search for the
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Mark, Hans; Price, R; Rodrigues, R; Seward, F. D; Swift, C. D (Mar 1969). "Detection of X-rays from the large magellanic cloud".
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De Vaucouleurs, Gerard; De Vaucouleurs, Antoinette; Corwin, Herold G.; Buta, Ronald J.; Paturel, Georges; Fouque, Pascal (1991).
1018:. The delicate sheets and intricate filaments are debris from the cataclysmic death of a massive star that once lived in the LMC.
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Mathewson D. S., Ford V. L. (1984). S. van den Bergh; K. S. de Boer (eds.). "Structure and Evolution of the Magellanic Clouds".
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Alves, D. R.; Nelson, C. A. (2000). "The Rotation Curve of the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Implications for Microlensing".
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466:, such as most of Australia and South Africa, the galaxy is always sufficiently above the horizon to be considered properly
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Williams, R. M; Chu, Y.-H (Dec 2005). "Supernova Remnants in the Magellanic Clouds. VI. The DEM L316 Supernova Remnants".
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X-ray spectra show that the hot gas shell on the upper left has an abundance of iron. This implies that the upper-left
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Schommer, R. A.; et al. (1992). "Spectroscopy of giants in LMC clusters. II – Kinematics of the cluster sample".
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Lewin, W. H. G; Clark, G. W; Smith, W. B (1968). "Search for X-rays from the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds".
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in March 2013. A distance of 49.97 kpc (163,000 light-years) with an accuracy of 2.2% was obtained.
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Astronomers discovered a new black hole inside the Large Magellanic Cloud in November 2021 using the
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Chu, Y.-H.; Kennicutt, R. C.; Snowden, S. L.; Smith, R. C.; Williams, R. M.; Bomans, D. J. (1997).
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isophote at the B-band (445 nm wavelength of light), the Large Magellanic Cloud is about 9.86
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around 964 AD. However, this seems to be a misunderstanding of a reference to some stars south of
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that cover a range of metallicities. Using this improved calibration, they find an absolute
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Price, R. E; Groves, D. J; Rodrigues, R. M; Seward, F. D; Swift, C. D; Toor, A (Aug 1971).
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McAlpine, Stuart; Frenk, Carlos S.; Deason, Alis J.; Cautun, Marius (2019-02-21).
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Olsen, K. A. G.; Salyk, C. (2002). "A Warp in the Large Magellanic Cloud Disk?".
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in recent years—was in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Lionel-Murphy SNR (N86)
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Chodil, G; Mark, Hans; Rodrigues, R; Seward, F. D; Swift, C. D (Oct 1967).
1999:"The geometry and distance of the Magellanic Clouds from Cepheid variables"
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Buscombe, William (1954). "Astronomical Society of the Pacific Leaflets,
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in a letter about his third voyage. He mentioned "three Canopes [
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A map of the Large Magellanic Cloud with the brightest features annotated
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Dolan JF (Apr 1970). "A Catalogue of Discrete Celestial X-Ray Sources".
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Classifying the Cosmos: How We Can Make Sense of the Celestial Landscape
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697:, the LMC is rich in gas and dust, and is currently undergoing vigorous
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1976:"Precisely determined rotation rate of this galaxy will blow your mind"
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Large Magellanic Cloud rendered from Gaia EDR3 without foreground stars
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and has an apparent length of about 10° to the naked eye, 20 times the
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is located some 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud
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Freedman, Wendy L.; Madore, Barry F. (2010). "The Hubble Constant".
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rocket flight nor that of two days later. The second took off from
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The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) appears in the constellations
431:], two bright and one obscure"; "bright" refers to the two
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of about −70°, the LMC is visible as a faint "cloud" from the
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The first confirmed recorded observation was in 1503–1504 by
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were disrupted, likely by tidal interactions from the nearby
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Hafez, Ihsan; Stephenson, Richard; Orchiston, Wayne (2011),
2673:"X-Ray Intensities and Spectra from Several Cosmic Sources"
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Location of the Large Magellanic Cloud with respect to the
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The Large Magellanic Cloud has a prominent central bar and
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
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Revisiting a Celestial Fireworks Display Shreds, from the
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DEM L316 in the Cloud consists of two supernova remnants.
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is the one that is a bright low-mass X-ray binary system (
705:, the most active star-forming region in the Local Group.
1868:"Hidden black hole discovered in our neighboring galaxy"
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
1926:"Large Magellanic Cloud Bar: Evidence of a Warped Bar"
1899:. United States: Cambridge University Press. pp.
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Dopita, M. A.; Mathewson, D. S.; Ford, V. L. (1977).
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Abdul-Rahman al-Sufi and his Book of the Fixed Stars
897:. LMC X-1 (the first X-ray source in the LMC) is at
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European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope
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2003:Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
1641:Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
1743:"Observatoire de Paris (Abd-al-Rahman Al Sufi)"
1696:"The Magellanic Clouds, our galactic neighbors"
1468:American Association of Variable Star Observers
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565:Distance to the LMC has been calculated using
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1263:Astronomical Society of the Pacific Leaflets
1208:Third Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies
713:Surveys of the galaxy have found roughly 60
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1997:Caldwell, J. A. R.; Coulson, I. M. (1986).
1409:Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
279:), the LMC is the second- or third-closest
3862:Astronomical objects known since antiquity
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3180:"Revisiting a Celestial Fireworks Display"
2466:Explorations: An Introduction to Astronomy
2404:Memorie della Società Astronomica Italiana
1833:"Observatoire de Paris (Amerigo Vespucci)"
1288:Shattow, Genevieve; Loeb, Abraham (2009).
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1855:. Harvard University. January 9, 2007.
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404:as "Azophi"), which he referred to as
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1924:Subramaniam, Annapurni (2003-11-03).
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1694:Sessions, Larry (December 8, 2021).
2881:"X-Rays from the Magellanic Clouds"
1440:10.1146/annurev-astro-082708-101829
2717:Seward, F. D; Toor, A (Nov 1967).
1072:Results for Large Magellanic Cloud
1068:"NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database"
209:(diameter; 25.0 mag/arcsec B-band
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27:Satellite galaxy of the Milky Way
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3852:Dwarf barred irregular galaxies
3249:Encyclopedia of Astronomy entry
1534:; Peterson, Bradley M. (2009).
650:{\displaystyle (m-M)_{0}=18.41}
540:et al. measured velocities for
2577:ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week
1811:Star Tales – al-Sufi's nebulae
755:Australian National University
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435:, and "obscure" refers to the
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2765:Astrophysical Journal Letters
2398:Mottini, M.; Romaniello, M.;
1938:(1). United States: L19–L22.
1798:, retrieved November 13, 2019
1766:"Observatoire de Paris (LMC)"
1016:Wide Field Planetary Camera 2
783:in the Large Magellanic Cloud
541:
528:
288:
271:. At a distance of around 50
2489:Burnham, Robert Jr. (1978).
561:and other satellite galaxies
285:Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal
283:to the Milky Way, after the
3244:NASA Extragalactic Database
1536:Foundations of Astrophysics
576:period-luminosity relations
329:The LMC is classified as a
3908:
3892:Magellanic spiral galaxies
2963:Astronomy and Astrophysics
2650:10.1051/0004-6361:20031360
2619:Astronomy and Astrophysics
1605:10.3847/0004-637X/825/1/20
95:−69° 45.4′
3806:
3367:
3046:The Astrophysical Journal
2993:The Astrophysical Journal
2885:The Astrophysical Journal
2723:The Astrophysical Journal
2678:The Astrophysical Journal
2605:. Reidel, Dordrecht: 125.
2529:The Astrophysical Journal
2204:The Astrophysical Journal
2040:The Astrophysical Journal
1931:The Astrophysical Journal
1573:The Astrophysical Journal
1352:The Astrophysical Journal
863:. The X-ray luminosity (L
759:Mount Stromlo Observatory
240:
37:
2843:The Astronomical Journal
2513:Burnham (1978), 840–848.
2464:Arny, Thomas T. (2000).
2347:The Astronomical Journal
2312:The Astronomical Journal
2151:The Astronomical Journal
2094:The Astronomical Journal
400:Shirazi (later known in
18:Greater Magellanic Cloud
3415:Supermassive black hole
2975:1989A&A...213...97B
2642:2003A&A...411..427H
2024:10.1093/mnras/218.2.223
1891:Nicolson, Iain (1999).
1510:Encyclopædia Britannica
1432:2010ARA&A..48..673F
701:activity. It holds the
408:, the White Ox, in his
300:Canis Major Overdensity
294:away) and the possible
3847:Large Magellanic Cloud
3703:Sagittarius Spheroidal
3565:Small Magellanic Cloud
3560:Large Magellanic Cloud
3517:Pisces-Eridanus stream
3375:
3204:www.spacetelescope.org
2920:Rapley, Tuohy (1974).
1895:Unfolding our Universe
857:Small Magellanic Cloud
808:
784:
779:is one of the biggest
690:
651:
562:
512:
475:Hubble Space Telescope
473:Measurements with the
451:
388:
379:History of observation
343:Small Magellanic Cloud
296:dwarf irregular galaxy
253:Large Magellanic Cloud
33:Large Magellanic Cloud
3882:Mensa (constellation)
3373:
3334:Laniakea Supercluster
2926:Astrophysical Journal
2296:10.1093/mnras/stac595
1672:10.1093/mnras/sty3084
1259:The Magellanic Clouds
1188:10.1093/mnras/stz1371
1159:Erkal, Denis (2019).
803:
775:
763:Australian High Court
680:
652:
556:
503:
445:
398:Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
386:
245:17223, Nubecula Major
3374:The Milky Way Galaxy
2573:"A youthful cluster"
934:is the product of a
616:
545:as the field stars.
462:months. Above about
241:LMC, ESO 56- G 115,
3348:Observable universe
3123:1997PASP..109..554C
3068:1998ApJ...499L.179M
3015:2005ApJ...635.1077W
2938:1974ApJ...191L.113R
2897:1971ApJ...168L...7P
2855:1970AJ.....75..223D
2812:1968Natur.220..249L
2777:1969ApJ...155L.143M
2735:1967ApJ...150..405S
2691:1967ApJ...150...57C
2541:1977ApJ...214..179D
2426:2006MmSAI..77..156M
2369:2007AJ....134..680G
2324:1992AJ....103..447S
2287:2022MNRAS.512..563R
2226:2000ApJ...542..789A
2173:2001AJ....122.1807V
2117:2002AJ....124.2045O
2052:2004ApJ...601..260N
2015:1986MNRAS.218..223C
1944:2003ApJ...598L..19S
1663:2019MNRAS.483.2185C
1596:2016ApJ...825...20B
1491:2011JAVSO..39..122M
1374:2006ApJ...652.1133M
1316:2009MNRAS.392L..21S
1275:1954ASPL....7....9B
1217:1991rc3..book.....D
1130:10.1038/nature11878
1122:2013Natur.495...76P
806:Paranal Observatory
411:Book of Fixed Stars
354:southern hemisphere
335:dwarf spiral galaxy
3688:Pisces Overdensity
3522:Sagittarius Stream
3433:Carina–Sagittarius
3376:
3328:Virgo Supercluster
3309:Milky Way subgroup
3200:"A long-dead star"
1723:. 24 February 2014
1505:"Magellanic Cloud"
809:
785:
711:Robert Burnham Jr.
695:irregular galaxies
691:
647:
587:eclipsing binaries
563:
513:
455:Ferdinand Magellan
452:
394:Persian astronomer
389:
236:Other designations
119:Apparent magnitude
50:Observation data (
3872:Magellanic Clouds
3834:
3833:
3798:Zone of Avoidance
3766:
3765:
3613:Canes Venatici II
3570:Magellanic Bridge
3552:Magellanic Clouds
3535:
3534:
3501:Magellanic Stream
3486:Fimbulthul stream
2806:(5164): 249–250.
2444:ESO Press Release
1243:978-3-03-010380-4
940:Type II supernova
936:Type Ia supernova
781:globular clusters
747:supernova remnant
719:planetary nebulae
715:globular clusters
571:Cepheid variables
524:Cepheid variables
446:Constellation of
433:Magellanic Clouds
331:Magellanic spiral
324:Triangulum Galaxy
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585:have discovered
567:standard candles
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511:image of the LMC
423:Amerigo Vespucci
320:Andromeda Galaxy
302:. Based on the D
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